Bettina Speckner (born 1962 in Offenburg, Germany). She initially studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich before turning to jewellery under Hermann Jünger and Otto Künzli. In 1985 she was a guest student with the Fluxus artist Daniel Spoerri, with whom she in 2014 had an exhibition at the Schmuckmuseum in Pforzheim. Since 1995, Speckner has worked as a freelance artist. She exhibits and gives lectures and workshops in different countries, such as Japan, Finland, Estonia, France, Australia, and the US amongst others. She has received many awards and accolades for her work including the prestigious Herbert Hoffmann Prize, the Prize of the State of Bavaria and commendations for the Danner Prize. Her works are collected by numerous international private and public institutions, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Dallas Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Australia, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Her work combines strong graphic forms with photographic imagery and solid objects. Using her materials as merely objects she does recognise the symbolic potential of the components and keeps them open to multiple interpretations. She allows for new objects and readings between the juxtaposed parts creating room for two components to create a third meaning.